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'A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation . . . and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead.
'As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign.
'With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead’s story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography.' (Publication summary)
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Thornton McCamish, Our Man Elsewhere
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 9 April 2016;
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
Our Man Elsewhere Review: The Forgotten Brilliance of Alan Moorehead
2016
single work
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 29 April 2016;
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography 'Expatriate Alan Moorehead was Australia's most famous writer of the 1950s and '60s. An international celebrity, his books spilling into millions, the subject of several biographies (my own among them) he has, unlike that exuberant trio Clive James, Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries, who fixed their names in Britain some three decades later, dropped from view among younger readers in his own country. ...' -
Writing with the Gift of Sound and Vision
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April - 1 May 2016; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 30 April - 1 May 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
[Review] Our Man Elsewhere
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 April 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
The Forgotten Giant
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 April 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography
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On a Writer's Trail
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
The Forgotten Giant
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 April 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
[Review] Our Man Elsewhere
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 April 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
Writing with the Gift of Sound and Vision
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April - 1 May 2016; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 30 April - 1 May 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography -
Our Man Elsewhere Review: The Forgotten Brilliance of Alan Moorehead
2016
single work
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 29 April 2016;
— Review of Our Man Elsewhere : In Search of Alan Moorehead 2016 single work biography 'Expatriate Alan Moorehead was Australia's most famous writer of the 1950s and '60s. An international celebrity, his books spilling into millions, the subject of several biographies (my own among them) he has, unlike that exuberant trio Clive James, Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries, who fixed their names in Britain some three decades later, dropped from view among younger readers in his own country. ...' -
Born in Australia
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , April 2016;'Thornton McCamish’s ‘Our Man Elsewhere: In search of Alan Moorehead’ is an antidote to forgetfulness.'
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature — Award for Non-Fiction
- 2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Non-Fiction
- 2017 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- 2016 longlisted Walkley Award — Best Non-Fiction Book